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We had six films submitted for MOTM for July, all of them received votes but five of them were separated by only a single vote as the final week of polling was coming to a close. With a dash to the finish line, Matthew Simpson of “Awesome Friday Podcast won the honor of hosting the show with his film, “The Last Starfighter” from 1984. Matt and his awesome guests will be recoding this show next and the podcast will be up next...
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We share a few overlapping choices and also have some out of left field selections for you. If you listen in you will find streaming films and theatrical releases and a lot of enthusiasm. At the end of the general discussion we toss in some extra choices and then for the Exit Question we review the first six months of 2024, looking for surprises and disappointments. Introductions Round 1 4:18 Round 2 27:56 Round 3 49:50 Final Shots 1:12:30 Exit...
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Actor/Director Kevin Costner returns to the big screen with an ambitious series of films, tracking the expansion of the United States into the Western part of the continent. Told from the perspective of several different characters, the story is a fictionalized version of history, presented in the manner of a novel. Some of the critical responses target the structure of the film, but our panel finds it evocative and creatively justified. Howard...
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This week you get two love stories in one movie. Tom Hardy has a thing for Austin Butler and so does Jodie Comer. Do our guests on the show also love these characters? You will have to listen to find out. Howard Casner and James Wilson join the Lambcast for a deep dive into a subculture that is a mystery to some of us. Speaking of mysteries, we delve into the origins of the accent that Jodie Comer uses in her role as the narrator of the film....
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Our own emotions on the show this week are a little more mixed. Rachel Wagner praises the film but has reservations about the depiction of “Anxiety”. Damien Riley was so overcome with emotions that he missed the first hour of the show. AMC suffers the wrath of Nicole Ayers as someone in charge of the theater she saw some of the film in, needs to be demoted. We talk about suppressed emotions, favorite characters, story problems and...
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Dave Anderson had some personal favorites to toss into our collection of films, and Brian Eggert contributed some familiar but also very unfamiliar selections. As usual, the cinema of the far east was well represented by the suggestions from David Brook. If you listen, you will also hear some old man stories from the host. It seems everyone fell out of love with Brian DePalma after 1998 and we all seem to be interested in low budget horror...
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Director George Miller is 79, which means this week’s film comes from someone who is actually older than anyone on the show. “Furiosa” is both a prequel and a spin-off from the Mad Max franchise. It is directly connected to “Fury Road” from 2015, as you will be able to see from the characters who return from that film. It also introduces us to the character originally played by Charlize Theron in that 2015 film,...
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Sitting down in the guest chairs for this week’s episode are Lisa Leaheey, Nick Rehak and Jason Soto, all from the “Rabbit Hole Podcast Network”, as well as Matthew Simpson of the “Awesome Friday Podcast”. We don’t want to give too much away but everyone was enthusiastic to talk about this movie that Jason Championed to the winner’s circle on this month’s poll. Mr. Soto hosts the first part of the...
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Second Mate Nicole Ayers is ready to keel haul the makers of Mizuko for choosing a distribution system that basically buried the movie under in impenetrable Vimeo wall. Digging on Criterion will get better results. She did recommend an Academy Award winning Live Action short, and a movie from this year that maybe isn’t a treasure, but she wants you to decide for yourself. First Mate Handsome Howard Casner of “Pop Art” does some...
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The Summer Season starts with a Romantic Comedy, masquerading as an action adventure mystery. There is a lot of action, not much mystery but at the heart of it all is a sweet love story set in the world of movie making. “The Fall Guy” may be a meta movie about movies, a summer popcorn flick, or a two hour argument for the Motion Picture Academy to finally give recognition to the stunt work in the films. Regardless of which...
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We need a quick turnaround on the MOTM Poll. Fortunately, there are only three submissions so your vote is unlikely to be diluted by the short voting window. Howard Casner of “Pop Art” has submitted The American Astronaut a Musical/Comedy/Sci Fi from 2001. Jason Soto, from “Rabbit Hole Podcasts” suggests Late Night with the Devil, a very fresh horror film from this year...
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We share our personal journey into the world of the Apes, and explore the connection between these films and the 60s/70s franchise. There is also a brief discussion of the way in which these films mirror some of the political and world turmoil we are experiencing in present days. The motion capture performances of Andy Serkis, Toby Kebbell and Karin Konoval come in for some special attention and there is a period of appreciation for the visual...
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